Baker Lake, NU, the Inuit nation in northern Canada
A man indentified as "Dr. Boylan" believes that the blacked out
area seen above and those found in several other locations are blocking
the locations of extraterrestrial beacons.

Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany
This NATO air force hub is a retreat for the Operation Iraqi
Freedom forces, and as such could definitely be considered a terrorist
target. That could explain why the facility is partially blanked out on
Google Maps.

Pacific Northwest, USA
Here's one that gives us chills. What exactly are we not seeing
here? The site is close to the Washington-Oregon border and is rumored
to have something to do with FEMA, HAARP or, really, anything at all.
Prison Planet readers inspected the site in person and could find no
identifying details other than an ominous fence and unmarked entrance.

Szazhalombatta Oil Refinery, Hungary
One of the strangest acts of alleged "censorship" is this
Hungarian oil facility, which is simply rendered green. That's right —
the grounds are deleted, the buildings are missing, and what you have
left is flat grass.

Huis Ten Bosch Palace, Netherlands
You wouldn't think the Dutch Royal Family would be a prime
target for madmen, but the Huis Ten Bosch Palace remains heavily
pixilated on Google Maps no matter the angle. (The surrounding area and
trees therein, on the other hand, come in crystal clear at close range.)

Unknown area, Russia
Another one that is so mysterious, no one has a clue what it
is. One commenter on the website Siberian Light speculates it's either
"a radar station or missile interceptor," while another notes that the
image of the surrounding area appears to have been copy-pasted from
another part of the country.

Mobil Oil Corporation, Buffalo, NY, USA
Some have criticized Mobil of Buffalo, NY for blurring their
facilities, saying the oil corporation doesn't have much of a case for
being a terrorist target (terrorists hate snow, you know.) On the other
hand, we can't be sure what their reasoning is.

North Korea
You've no doubt heard about this country, one of the members of
the supposed "Axis of Evil," but few have ever visited. You won't see
it on Google Maps, either, as the entire country exists in images but
without highway markers, street names, or any other identifying details.

Indian Point Power Plant, New York, USA
Everyone from Democratic Governor Mario Cuomo to former
Republican Congresswoman Sue Kelly has called for the Indian Point Power
Plant to be shut down. On top of environmental concerns, the upstate
New York structure is, according to experts in the energy field, not
strong enough to withstand an earthquake like the one that recently
devastated Japan.

Volkel Airbase, Netherlands
It's pretty ridiculous how blatantly blurred this one is, but
then again, WikiLeaks did publish a diplomatic cable that confirmed the
presence of nuclear warheads at this base.

HAARP Site, Gakona, Alaska, USA
HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program) is one
of the most controversial operations currently active in the United
States. The Gakona, AK site and its ionospheric testing is believed by
some conspiracy theorists to be the cause of everything from floods to
earthquakes, although the evidence of this is very minimal.

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Salinas, CA, USA
Here's the strangest bit of censorship on Google Maps: the
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas, California. It's heavily whited
out, in fact, as if an angry hand did the trick. The weirdest part is
the facility is just what it sounds like: a seemingly-harmless racetrack

Babylon, Iraq
While the surrounding area (including its surprisingly rich
farmland) is visible, the city of Babylon, Iraq itself is all blurry.
You can bet it has something to do with the insurgents there...

Tantauco National Park in Chile
Why is this refuge for Endangered Species completely washed
over on Google? Mashable, which seems to have discovered the strange
censorship, doesn't have a clue.

"The Hill" aka Elmira Correctional Facility
This maximum security prison in upstate New York is
understandably blacked out... we guess. After the Attica Prison Riots
and several incidents worldwide of uprisings and mass escapes, officials
could be worried about a possible helicopter-led breakout.

This Russian Guy's House
What? Some rich guy's personal paradise is blurred on Google?
According to Wikipedia, what you're seeing here is "a private palace of
the Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller." Why is he given preference over the rest
of us? Perhaps we just aren't powerful enough to convince Google to
blur our own homes.

Colonel Sanders
Here's the strangest of them all: Col. Sanders, the face of
Kentucky Fried Chicken, appears in exactly zero Google Street View
images. That's because, as a Google spokesperson notes, Sanders was a
real person and everyone is supposed to be blurred on Google sites..